Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: 2 Lying in Road Were High on PCP, Police Say

Also in the week's police blotters, graffiti suspect arrested and police say a drunk driver led them on a chase before crashing.

The following information was supplied by East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

Recent arrest reports from elsewhere on the East End:

RIVERHEAD

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• Two Riverhead men were arrested on March 3 after police said they were . Julian Wright, 38, and Terrance Latimore, 34, were arrested around 1:30 p.m. According to reports, police responded to a 911 call about people lying in the roadway. Upon police arrival, the two reportedly continued to lie and walk in the roadway. According to police reports, an officer attempted to interview Wright and Latimore, but both showed signs of an "extreme altered mental status consistent with the use of phencyclidine." Both were arrested on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, loitering, and appearance in public under the influence of narcotics.

• Following an East End Drug Task Force investigation, a . According to Riverhead Police, Robert Trent, 22, of Riverhead, was arrested shortly after noon, and charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree. It was the in the area within the past week. Following Monday's arrest, Trent was remanded to Suffolk County Jail and is due back in court on Friday.

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• Riverhead police , who was already facing new charges of burglary and petty larceny in Nassau County, for reportedly robbing a Wading River bank nearly a month ago. Robert Fornal, 41, of Bethpage, is charged with robbery in the third degree, and according to police was arraigned in Riverhead Justice Court. He is due back in court on Thursday.
Police reported that in Wading River and subsequently fled the scene of the crime.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• A 911 call made late in the evening on March 8 brought to a Hampton Bays residence on Springville Road where 27-year-old Callie Hester was arrested at 11:50 p.m. and charged with fifth-degree arson, child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance, all misdemeanors. According to officers at the scene, Hester had set the contents of a small plastic garbage can on fire during a dispute at her home where children were present.

NORTH FORK

• Ryan Valek, 18, of Laurel, was charged with three counts of making graffiti and one count of third-degree criminal trespassing on March 13, after an investigation into a string of graffiti incidents that occurred during the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 lead investigators to Valek, police said. Valek is alleged to have used both spray paint and markers to "tag" a number of buildings and traffic signs throughout the Town of Southold, police said. Valek is charged with the misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal trespassing for unlawful entry into the barn at Corey Creek Vineyard, police said. Valek was released on bail and will be arraigned in the Southold Justice Court in mid-April.

EAST HAMPTON

• A drunken driver with a passenger in the car before crashing on March 3, according to . Police said Christian M. Campoverde Lucero, who has since turned 33, was speeding in a 2000 Mazda MPV while going north on Springs-Fireplace Road, near Fort Pond Boulevard, in Springs at about 9:30 p.m. The officer activated his lights and sirens in an attempt to pull the vehicle over, but the defendant allegedly continued on, "at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner," according to the arrest report. He made a left hand turn onto Hog Creek Road, where he continued on until pulling over near Locust Drive, police said. When police approached the vehicle, the driver took off, again, causing the officer to fall down on the pavement.


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